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Upcoming Meetings

Rules Interp & Mechanics Meeting

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 @ 7:00pm

Pleasantville High School Auditorium


NYS Open book exam & Upgrade exam

Monday, November 10, 2025, time TBD

Open book is online ONLY.
Upgrade location is TBD

Alternate Rules Interpretation Meetings

All members must attend a NYS rules interpretation meeting. If you are unable to make our meeting on 10/14, below is a list of other meeting times and locations for neighboring boards. It is your responsibility to check in with the host secretary to ensure they take your name and board affiliation so they can pass that information along to our secretary.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Time TBD @ Pearl River HS Cafeteria (Rockland Board)
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM @ Vassar College Rockefellers Hall Room 300 (Dutchess Mid-Hudson Valley Board)

About the

The WPWBOA, a member board of the NYSGBOA, services NYS Section 1 women's high school basketball.  The WPWBOA is dedicated to the education, training and continuous development of its members, while promoting fair play and good sportsmanship. NYS women's high school basketball operates under NCAA Women's Basketball Rules and Points of Emphasis.  In addition, the NYSPHSAA contributes to the rules and regulations that govern Section 1 athletics.

 The WPWBOA is dedicated and strives to:

  • Educate, train, develop and provide continuous instruction to women's basketball officials

  • Promote the welfare of the game, its players, coaches, fans, schools and officials

  • Maintain the highest standard of women's basketbal officiating

  • Have available at all times an adequate number of certified officials